Bale-tie.



No. 695,2!4. Patented Mar. II, I902.

W. A. KILMER.

BALE TIE.

(Application filed Aug. 27, 1901.]

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

WVILLIAM A. KILMER, OF BANGOR, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO WALTER A. SCOTT, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 695,214, dated March 11, 1902.

Application filed August 27, 1901. Serial'No. 73,509. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. KILMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bangor, in the county of Van Buren and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Ties; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in*'bale-ties.

It consists in the construction hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of the bale-tiewith the two ends fastened. Fig. 2 represents a similar vie W with thetwo ends unfastened and ready to be placed together for fastening. Fig.3 represents a side view of the catching-loop.

In these drawings the letterA indicates a bale-tie made of a piece ofwire of one size its entire length and having the catching-loop B andloose or straight end 0. The catchingloop is made by turning the wire ofthe bale tie a number of times, so as to make several layers, as at b b6 lying side by side, thus forming a catching-loop which shall be muchstronger than if made out of one layer only of wire. In fact, theseseveral layers, while each is of the size of the wire of the bale-tie,

form when thus placed side by side a catch ing-loop which is fully asstrong and efficient as though made of a piece of metal larger than thewire of the bale-tie. In forming the catching-loop one of the layers,preferably the middle one, is extended with a tongue 5 which is given atwist, as shown. This catchshown in Fig. 1. When the bale is releasedand expands within the bale-tie A, the end 0 is jammed down and pinchedin the pinching angle 6 the several layers of the wire continuing toresist the jamming action and the resistance aided and effected by thetwisted tongue about which the loose end is twined.

I am aware that it is old to make a bale-tie of a single piece of wireand having a catching-loop of one thickness of wire with a twist at eachend of the loop, one twist being the end of the bale-tie and about whichthe loose end is twined. In my device the catchingloop is made ofseveral thicknesses, from one of which there projects a twisted endabout which the loose end is entwined. As a result the pinching anglehas a closed seat against which the loose end bears, thus effectuallypreventing the strain from drawing a the loose end into the projectingtwisted end and untwisting the same.

I am also aware that a bale-tie catch made of two layers of wire is old.In my device the catching-loop is made by turning the wire upon itselfseveral times, so that the loop is integral with the band and theprojecting end is also integral therewith. By having the loop of severalthicknesses the pinching angle is preserved and the loop does not spreadwhen the loose end of the wire is jammed down into the angle andaffording sufficient strength in the projected end.

What I claim is A bale-tie made of a single wire, having at one end aloop consisting of several layers of the single wire arranged side byside and having a pinching angle with a closed seat, one of said layersextending out and formed into a projecting end, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM A. KILMER.

Witnesses:

E. E. KILMER,

H. O. ROSS.

